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Thursday, July 28, 2016

HAVE We NO TEARS For REVIVAL? by Leonard Ravenhill

"They that sow in tears shall reap in joy." (Ps. 126:5).

The true man of God is heartsick, grieved at the worldliness of theChurch, grieved at the blindness of the Church, grieved at thecorruption in the Church, grieved at the toleration of sin in theChurch, grieved at the prayerlessness in the Church. He is disturbedthat the corporate prayer of the Church no longer pulls down thestrongholds of the devil. He is embarrassed that the Church folks nolonger cry in their despair before a devil-ridden, sin-mad society,"Why could we not cast him out?" (Matt. 17:19).

Many of us have no heart-sickness for the former glory of the Churchbecause we have never known what true revival is. We stagnate inthe status quo and sleep easy at night while our generation movesswiftly to the eternal night of hell. Shame, shame on us! Jesuswhipped some money changers out of the temple; but before Hewhipped them, He wept over them. He knew how near their judgmentwas The Apostle Paul sent a tear-stained letter to the Philippiansaints, writing: "I have told you often and now tell you even weeping,that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ" (Phil. 3:18). Noticethat he does not say they are enemies of Christ; they are, rather, theenemies of the cross of Christ. They deny or diminish the redemptivevalues of the cross. There are many like this today. The church ofRome does not stand as an enemy of Christ; it traces heavily on Hisholy name. Yet it denies the cross by saying that the Blessed Virginis co-redemptive. If this is so, why was she not also crucified? TheMormons use the name of Christ, yet they are astray on theatonement. Have we tears for them? Shall we face them without ablush when they accuse us of inertia at the Judgment Seat sayingthat they were our neighbors and an offense to us, but not a burdenbecause they were lost?

The Salvationists can scarcely read their flaming evangelical historywithout tears. Has the glory of the evangelical revival under Wesleyever gripped the hearts of the Methodists of today? Have they readof the fire-baptized men in Wesley's team? Men like John Nelson,Thomas Walsh, and a host of others whose names are written inthe Book of Life; men persecuted and kicked in the streets whenthey held street meetings? Yet as their blood flowed from theirwounds, their tears flowed from their eyes. Do the Pentecostalslook back with shame as they remember when they dwelt acrossthe theological tracks, but with the glory of the Lord in their midst?When they had a normal church life, which meant nights of prayers,followed by signs and wonders, and diverse miracles, and genuinegifts of the Holy Ghost? When they were not clock watchers, andtheir meetings lasted for hours, saturated with holy power? Have weno tears for these memories, or shame that our children knownothing of such power? Other denominations had their Glory Daysof revival. Think of the mighty visitations to the Presbyterians inKorea. Remember the earth-shaking revival in Shantung. Are thosedays gone forever? Have we no tears for revival?